HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1785, 2094, 2133 PRINTER'S NO. 2470
No. 1279 Session of 1984
INTRODUCED BY ROSS, STOUT, ANDREZESKI, HELFRICK, ROMANELLI,
O'CONNELL AND KELLEY, MARCH 5, 1984
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, NOVEMBER 21, 1984
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, providing for an offense relating to
3 falsification.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 4904.1. Falsification to Commonwealth agencies and political
9 subdivisions.
10 (a) Offense generally.--An individual commits a felony of <--
11 the second degree if, during the occurrence of a disaster
12 emergency which is declared by the appropriate authority as
13 provided for in 35 Pa.C.S. Part V (relating to emergency
14 management services), the individual knowingly provides false
15 information related to the disaster emergency to a Commonwealth
16 agency or political subdivision.
17 (b) Offense relating to power generating facilities.--An
1 individual commits a felony of the second MISDEMEANOR OF THE <--
2 FIRST degree if the individual, WHO IS AN OFFICIAL SPOKESMAN OF <--
3 A UTILITY DURING AN OCCURRENCE OF A DISASTER EMERGENCY DECLARED
4 BY THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITY AS PROVIDED FOR IN 35 PA.C.S. PART
5 V (RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SERVICES), knowingly
6 provides false information to any agency of the Federal or State
7 government relating to or regarding any aspect of the operation
8 of a power generating facility UTILITY which may adversely <--
9 affect the health, welfare or safety of the residents of this
10 Commonwealth.
11 (c) Penalty.--An individual who is guilty of violating the <--
12 provisions of subsection (a) or (b) shall be sentenced to pay a
13 fine of not less than $10,000 or to undergo imprisonment for not
14 less than six years, or both.
15 Section 2. Effective date.
16 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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